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“To be groomed is to be loved and handled like a precious, delicate thing”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“She didn't understand the horror of watching your body star in something your mind didn't agree to.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“How much strength does it take to hurt a little girl? How much strength does it take for the girl to get over it? Which one of them do you think is stronger?”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“He's always going to be old. He has to be. That's the only way I can stay young and dripping with beauty.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“Somehow I sensed what was coming for me even then. Really, though, what girl doesn’t? It looms over you, that threat of violence. They drill the danger into your head until it starts to feel inevitable. You grow up wondering when it’s finally going to happen.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
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